Cochran Street Sleigh

Title

Cochran Street Sleigh

Subject

Chicopee (Mass)

Description

A small black and white snapshot of a horse-drawn sleigh with five passengers. The back is hand-labeled: "Front seat - David Spence + *Elizabeth Spence - grand-parents of Vina Spence Hughes. Back seat - Robert J. Spence + Vera Adams Spence - aunt + uncle of Vina. Baby in front seat - Marjorie Spence (Vina's first cousin) daughter of Robert Spence. White horse - Bess - belongs to David Spence [.] meat market + grocery store - belongs to David Spence - also 2 tenement house at left. Picture taken on Cochran St., Chicopee Falls, Mass. about 1911 [.] *Elizabeth Campbell Spence[.]" Print has been repaired with cellophane tape.

Date

circa 1911

Is Part Of

Spence Collection

Format

Photograph

Identifier

CPL-Spence-086

Files

Citation

“Cochran Street Sleigh,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 6, 2026, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10316.